Win this war?

The expression on Du Wei's face was a little strange.

Even if he hadn't heard of the Wizard Lord, he had heard about the War of Succession.

His Majesty had been besieged in Sardiniburg a few months earlier, and almost everyone believed that the Sereyin family was powerless and that it was only a matter of time before the throne changed hands. Even if it's a wizard...... Even if it is a wizard who has defeated Solore's clone, what can he do in front of an army of 100,000?

Even if it was a regular instructor of the academy, a wizard with five-star strength, it was impossible to shoot 100,000 fireballs.

10,000 pieces are impossible!

"With all due respect, my lord, this is not a wise choice." Du Wei cautiously admonished, "The kingdom of Rick is already in decline, and the feudal lords are no longer able to mobilize more troops. However, in the eastern counties occupied by Prince William, there were still large reserves to mobilize. Not only that, but the Duchy of Wilton is rumored to be backing Prince William behind his back. ”

The Duchy of Wilton, one of the southern city-states, is geographically located slightly to the west, and is a trade competitor in the Western Sea along with the Kingdom of Rick. Jiang Feng was not surprised at all that such a choice would be made in this war of succession.

However, none of these factors are enough to take into account.

These things are too small in the face of absolute power.

“…… Also, by building the Wizard Tower here, are you planning to give up the territory of Crocodile Island? ”

"Of course not, Crocodile Island has excellent climatic conditions for growing crops, while Thorn Wasteland is the opposite, the land is not suitable for farming, but rich in mineral resources. The two complement each other, but in order to win this war, we have to focus a little bit on this side. Jiang Feng said.

"But what can we do to help His Majesty turn things around in a matter of months?" Du Wei said with a bitter face.

"It won't take too long, two or three months will be enough, and it will be before the spring of next year at the latest. And I came to you for exactly that. As he spoke, Jiang Feng stopped the quill in his hand and handed the parchment to Du Wei, "You go to the industry alliance to register a chamber of commerce, and then take a piece of land on the edge of the moat to build a steel plant." ”

Steel mill?

Du Wei was stunned.

It was a word he had never touched before, except for an iron word that he knew it might have something to do with metal.

"Is it a blacksmith?" Du Wei asked hesitantly.

He really couldn't figure out how a blacksmith shop could turn the tide of the war.

Even if this blacksmith shop was the size of the Great Stone City, and the armor and iron swords forged to arm every peasant in the kingdom, the chances of victory of the king besieged in Sardinia were only slightly higher.

"Similar, but different," Jiang Feng pointed to the stack of parchment in his arms, "The architectural drawings are all on it, you just need to do what I ask." The town hall will help you, how to implement it, with your experience, you shouldn't need me to teach you. ”

Even with a stomach full of questions, Du Wei didn't dare to say any more superfluous words, and responded respectfully.

"Yes, sir."

The next day. Du Wei used his identity as an agent to come to the industry alliance, and the industry alliance did not dare to slack off at all to this wizard's agent. After learning about Du Wei's intention, he helped him get everything done as quickly as possible.

With the administrative efficiency of Boulder, such a large event as registering a chamber of commerce should be very cumbersome, but this is only for the average person. For a close minister like Du Wei, no one dared to make him frown on the cumbersome procedures.

It only took less than half a day for Du Wei to get the token of the industry alliance -

A coat of arms of fire and scepter.

The rest is the location of the steel plant.

According to Jiang Feng's request, Du Wei found a vacant land with convenient drainage next to the moat. Although there were already two blacksmith shops located here, with the financial support of the town hall, this little trouble did not bother him at all, and the two old blacksmiths took a good compensation and moved away honestly.

In less than a day, the registration of the Chamber of Commerce and the selection of the site of the steel plant were finalized, and the construction workers hired from the industry alliance were already measuring the area according to the drawings, and at the same time transporting the wood and stone needed for the construction to the site.

If the weather is good, work can start within two days at the latest.

At the city hall, Du Wei found Jiang Feng's room.

It just so happened that when he came in, Fielding was inside.

Curiously glancing at the red-haired strange man a few times, Du Wei withdrew his gaze and said respectfully to Jiang Feng.

"My lord, everything is ready."

Jiang Feng nodded, Du Wei's ability to do things still reassured him.

"Well done."

Du Wei hurriedly saluted: "This is what I should do." ”

"Don't be modest, I see your dedication," Jiang Feng looked at Fielding as he spoke, "Just talking about the steel plant, I'll introduce you two." This is my agent, Du Wei, and this is the alchemist I hired to take care of the alchemy workshop for me. ”

The two shook hands and exchanged a few words with a smile.

Always staying in the lab, Fielding is not very good at this kind of occasion, and his smile is a little stiff. After seeing this, Du Wei did not continue to embarrass him very interestingly, and after saying that he could have afternoon tea together when he was free, he ended the conversation without losing his manners.

"It's not enough to have a steel mill, it's a blast furnace for ironmaking."

"Do you mean the furnace in the blacksmith's shop?" Du Weichi asked.

"Of course not," Jiang Feng glanced at Fielding and continued, "For the work of building the blast furnace, Fielding's side will send alchemy apprentices to assist you, and you only need to dispatch enough craftsmen to cooperate with the apprentices on the alchemy workshop." ”

"Then there will be labor." Looking at Fielding, Du Wei smiled and said enthusiastically.

"You're welcome." Fielding said humbly.

……

Refractory bricks are required to build a blast furnace, and to fire refractory bricks, a brick kiln that can provide sufficient high temperatures is required. With the level of civilization in the Middle Ages, it was difficult to produce enough flames to burn refractory bricks, and before solving the supply problem of coal mines, he had to trouble Yira to use his ability to manipulate the temperature of the flames, so that the temperature of the brick kiln barely reached the standard.

Fortunately, the demand for refractory bricks is not too large, and if it is only used in the blast furnace, she can barely cope with the output alone.

And so it went by for a week.

Thanks to everyone's unremitting efforts, the five earthen blast furnaces were finally built and stood in the middle of the steel plant.

Standing in the steel mill, looking at the five tall guys in front of him, Du Wei frowned, his heart full of doubts. He didn't understand what this was called an iron-making blast furnace for.

Seeing through the confusion in Du Wei's heart at a glance, Jiang Feng spoke.

"Raw materials are put into the feed port, and the blower on the side pours cold air into the blast furnace, which is heated by the hot blast furnace and sent to the blast furnace, and the iron ore undergoes a complex redox reaction under the calcination of the charcoal fire, and finally the iron ore is refined into molten iron."

Of course, the by-products are gas and slag, etc., the former can be used as fuel, and the latter can be used to prepare industrial necessities such as sulfuric acid, but with the civilization level of this world, there is no way to use these two things, and Jiang Feng does not plan to force it too much.

The technology he brought to this world was enough for these natives to digest for one or two hundred years.

However, even though Jiang Feng had used as plain language as possible, Du Wei still hadn't figured out what the reduction reaction was. Fielding's eyes lit up, and he memorized the passage in his mind.

Because it reminded him of the chemical reaction Jiang Feng had mentioned the last time he configured black powder.

His intuition told him that there must be some kind of connection between the two.

"The apprentices in the alchemy workshop will be responsible for the training of the workers, and the priority now is to recruit a group of workers so that our steel plant can be up and running as soon as possible. I need you to recruit five blacksmiths, and then fifty more apprentices...... Well, it doesn't hurt to have a little more apprentices, you can decide for yourself. ”

"Is five blacksmiths enough?"

"It's five experienced blacksmiths, and five are enough for the time being," Jiang Feng said, "The workers on the assembly line don't need much creativity, and they don't even need to be familiar with the complete production process." They only need to complete the work at hand step by step, one person picks the hammer, and the other pushes the file. Only one type of part is produced per blast furnace, and each apprentice is responsible for only one machining step. ”

What is an assembly line?

Dewey was confused, the wizard always said something he had never heard of. However, the latter sentence "Each blast furnace produces only one part, and each apprentice is responsible for only one processing step" made him ponder.

Although it is not clear what the benefits of this mode of production are.

But a hunch in the dark told him that this novel mode of production might completely subvert the common sense in his mind, just like the ship without a mast.